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MPs left hanging as Qantas charm offensive fails to launch
Qantas ticked off federal MPs again after a flight out of Canberra was delayed.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Madeleine Heffernan
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Michael Clarke just wants to talk about lemon, lime and nothing bitter
The former Australian cricket captain couldn’t dodge questions about his recent spectacular dust-up in a Noosa parking lot.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Pharmacy Guild promotes Advance Australia founder to CEO
Gerard Benedet, who ran conservative activist group Advance, will step up as the all-powerful Pharmacy Guild’s chief executive.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
New Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson will show up to staff roast
While Alan Joyce wasn’t too keen on the Qantas Revue, a variety show where the airline’s employees ribbed the higher ups, his successor is striking a different tone.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Bob Katter to get down and dirty by entering mining game
The eccentric Queensland MP responded to Glencore shutting down its Mt Isa copper mine with a rallying cry for the region.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Brittany Higgins hires top silk for Linda Reynolds defamation clash
Nicholas Owens SC, who represented Nine and this masthead in the Ben Roberts-Smith case, will join the former staffer’s legal team.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Music video from Pop Choir
The community singing group Pop Choir release their first single entitled 'Windows with Smiles'.
John Barilaro boogies away at referendum night ‘No’ party
The former deputy premier was in fine form at a referendum night party hosted at lobbyist Michael Kauter’s Mosman villa.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Rio Tinto’s former ‘First Lady’ lashes corporate Yes backers
Muriel Demarcus, whose husband Jean-Sebastien Jacques resigned as Rio Tinto boss after the firm blew up sacred Indigenous sites, had little time for the Voice.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Gina Rinehart and a tale of two referendum night events
The Yes campaign’s wake went down in a pokie-lined leagues club. Meanwhile, Gina Rinehart snuck into the No party in Brisbane, while reporters weren’t looking.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and David Estcourt
Well-connected former PwC boss Luke Sayers’ revealing Senate grilling
Under questioning, Sayers revealed former finance minister Mathias Cormann is a stakeholder in his new consultancy.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell